Superintendent updated us again and it will be on down the road until we are doing face to face school again. Positivity rates in 2 zipcodes in the school district I work for are 35%. Yes, you read right THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT.

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Superintendent updated us again and it will be on down the road until we are doing face to face school again. Positivity rates in 2 zipcodes in the school district I work for are 35%. Yes, you read right THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT.

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35%. Holy frijoles. That is insane.

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Yes...so glad I can work from home. People who say this is a hoax have no idea!

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I obviously can't share stories or numbers, but it's very very real. Marla's had a crazy week back at work.

Good word of advice to all: Wear a mask, wash your hands, and stay home so that you can avoid having to see my wife to learn how to say your name & eat food again.

Today Anderson county hit 2,000 cases, Angelina 1,000 cases, Nac at 650 total.

Texas eclipsed 15,000 confirmed cases and had a record 175 deaths in a day.

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Today Anderson county hit 2,000 cases, Angelina 1,000 cases, Nac at 650 total.

Texas eclipsed 15,000 confirmed cases and had a record 175 deaths in a day.

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It's straining our local hospital. They finally had to figure out a way to test employees who were filling sick so they could clear them to come back to work if it wasn't Covid. They needed to be able to have people to fill the shifts from increased demand.

So far Nacogdoches isn't either. In person or online with the ability to move back and forth at 6 weeks basically.

Also 57 cases locally today, by far the biggest single day total (45 from nursing homes).

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So far Nacogdoches isn't either. In person or online with the ability to move back and forth at 6 weeks basically.

Also 57 cases locally today, by far the biggest single day total (45 from nursing homes).

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45 nursing home cases? Dang that is not good.

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Prosper ISD announced they are opening as scheduled for face to face (with online still available). Only district I've seen thus far (I think) that isn't delaying in person school.

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Think Palestine is planning to open normally, with the exception of the first 4 Fridays are school from home days to practice distance learning.

We won't start in person until at least beginning of Sept. I'm thinking it will be closer to Oct..especially if Hidalgo and health authority get on the same page.

We start in person on Sept. 8...I probably still have in-service on campus August 3-7...Teachers will work on campus to some capacity during online learning. Wont be 8 hour days but we will be making appearances

Glad to hear he's recovering.

SFA Alum Hunter Dozier has been placed on the IL by the Royals after testing positive for the China Virus.

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SFA Alum Hunter Dozier has been placed on the IL by the Royals after testing positive for the China Virus.

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SFA Jack Fanatic I usually stay away from political bs.. but you are spot on my friend this is the China Virus.. I dont care what anyone says they could of slowed it down or prevented it from coming over here..

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SFA Jack Fanatic said:

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SFA Alum Hunter Dozier has been placed on the IL by the Royals after testing positive for the China Virus.

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SFA Jack Fanatic I usually stay away from political bs.. but you are spot on my friend this is the China Virus.. I dont care what anyone says they could of slowed it down or prevented it from coming over here..

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My comment was not meant to be a political one. That's just the term I have used since it arrived here... its source of origin, just as several other epidemics have been named after theirs.

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SFA Jack Fanatic said:

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SFA Alum Hunter Dozier has been placed on the IL by the Royals after testing positive for the China Virus.

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SFA Jack Fanatic I usually stay away from political bs.. but you are spot on my friend this is the China Virus.. I dont care what anyone says they could of slowed it down or prevented it from coming over here..

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My comment was not meant to be a political one. That's just the term I have used since it arrived here... its source of origin, just as several other epidemics have been named after theirs.

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I hear you but President Trump has called it that and I agree with him...

Over 300 estimated active cases in Nacogdoches right now with 50 patients in our hospitals. Both all time highs. We have to slow this thing before students come back.

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Over 300 estimated active cases in Nacogdoches right now with 50 patients in our hospitals. Both all time highs. We have to slow this thing before students come back.

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Wow those numbers are bad.

Oh, good grief.... I was making a comment about an SFA major leaguer going on the IL.

Can't find official numbers that don't relate to my "source" at the hospital, but suffice it to say that Palestine needs the Covid tide to ebb some in the next week or two or else we're going to be in a bad place.

Wish I could find official utilization numbers like Nacogdoches is releasing to yall.

This is not good for college football.

Texas Cases and Deaths by Month

March: 3,266 cases - 41 deaths
April: 24,821 cases - 741 deaths
May: 39,466 cases - 890 deaths
June: 95,699 cases - 752 deaths
July: 260,960 cases - 4145 deaths

Current totals (August 1st): 430,485 cases - 6837 deaths

I think the numbers speak for themselves, but July was not good.

Some general perspective:

1.) The deadliest infectious diseases in Texas for many years are influenza and pneumonia (and other associated diseases). In 2018 (most recent stats available), 3600 Texans dies from these diseases. We had more COVID-19 deaths in the month of July than the worst infectious diseases typically kill in a year.

2.) The 7th top killer of Texans is diabetes at just less than 6,000 Texan deaths per year. COVID passed its annual numbers in the past four months.

3.) Heart disease is the #1 killer of Texans period. In 2017, 45,346 Texans died from heart disease for a monthly average of 3,779 deaths per month. At the present rate of death, COVID is the #1 killer of Texans. That's of all causes of deaths - accidents or diseases.


August is not starting good. The last day of June saw the largest daily increase of local cases (in Nacogdoches) at that time with 16 cases. The last day of July saw Nacogdoches set its new record for daily cases at 59. The state's daily death average is at its highest and has been climbing all month. As we prepare for school later this month, the current trajectory of the disease does not seem (to me) as compatible with sports - and honestly maybe not in-person school.

After June's report, I was really hoping for better news for July, but I think the stats are sobering. We need things to change in August.

Thanks for gathering and sharing facts. They are sobering. At least they are for those of us that put facts above emotions and disinformation.

Thanks Nacluth.

I've heard reports here locally in Palestine that Covid has made it into several of our nursing homes. Early reports says mostly mild cases.

But it's a bear to keep anything from spreading in a nursing home. August is not looking great.

Just checked the numbers, our 7 day average of tests per day is down over 50% from late July. From 67k to 29k tests per day.

Cases are down from 9700 avg per day, to 7k avg per day, 7 day average.

Hospitalizations are thankfully down, from 10,800 to 7200.

Deaths peaked a week ago at a 306 per day, with a 7 day average of 232. Today's 7 day average is 220. We're losing lots of folks.

Alarmingly, the current 7 day avg positivity rate in Texas is 24%, up from 13% in late July. That, along with the drastically lower testing numbers does not bode well for us.

324 deaths today statewide. There is some optimism in the recent numbers that maybe we're leveling off some. But I think there's also a sense of testing fatigue.

SFA is trying their best to stay open, and they need to financially. Let's hope for good and safe students.

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324 deaths today statewide. There is some optimism in the recent numbers that maybe we're leveling off some. But I think there's also a sense of testing fatigue.

SFA is trying their best to stay open, and they need to financially. Let's hope for good and safe students.

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77% of UT Austin students are fully online. Do we have NY sense of why that number is for SFA?

Lol, it made me chuckle. I'll take a New York, Texas sense of it if you have one of those.